grainy
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So is sound head. Does it mean:
| a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals to be amplified and reproduced |
| a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio |
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| —adj , grainier, grainiest | |
| 1. | resembling, full of, or composed of grain; granular |
| 2. | resembling the grain of wood, leather, etc |
| 3. | photog having poor definition because of large grain size |
| 'graininess | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
The video that emerged is greenish and grainy but to these researchers it is pure gold.
The launch lineup is and remains lackluster, and the disappointing low-resolution lenses provide grainy photos.
On a grainy, gray backdrop, he points out the dark gray ovals marking the boundaries of three human cells.
But such films have a grainy crystalline structure which reduces the number of electrons that can flow comfortably through them.
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